The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-30
THE REPUBLICANS

THE REPUBLICANS
Have opened their campaign; they
have announced their purpose to
make the bloody shirt and protection
the Issues They will hold the South
especially responsible for any attempt.
ed modification OF the tariff, and seek
to silence II by cries Of the bloody
shirt They hold that the South has
no right to speak; that 1t should be
cut of from oil partici.
patton In national affairs be.
cause 1t does not fulfill
their faneiful conditions Of Rspubli.
can domination. They insist that ev.
cry vote In the South must be cast at
National elections, aud that In 30 far
az the vote thu cast falls away from
the total vote, 1t is to be considered
denial Of the franchise to the negroes
and to that extent to furnish reason
why Its representation In Congress
should be curtailsd or be altogether
abolished until tie whole vote Is cast.
The South 10 for free trade, therefore
Il should be crushed. Happily there
is q constitution that intervenes its
strensh between rs and our impotsnt
enemies. The will is with them to en-
force the widest and most extrsvsgs ant
suggestions Of reconstruction days, but
the Constitution, the compact Of the
people, is there TO stay their hands and
protect us. The people Of the South,
both black and white, will continue to
vote - they please and when they
please, and they will always be found
voting against protection rs unconsti.
tutional, unfair and unjust, a.
dictated by the se h,hness that
has always characterised the
Republican leaders and by which 90
many Of them have grown rich,
though they toll not, neither do they
spin" Protection makes the poor
man poorer and the rich man richer
I. ID the doctrine Of might aud Ia op.
posed TO right. 1t makes psupers, re-
duces the masses to the condition Of
grinding poverty, and Is rapidly
assimilAdng the populations o.
our larger cities to those
Of the great oenters Of Europe
Against this the Democrats Of tn,
South protest. They believe Ia . fall
field and q free Asbt, aud ask no IA
vors. This Ia the express stipulation
OF the Federal Constitutions. All mer
are free and equal, and nothing is h
be done In law, through Law or by Ia a
that will make one man stronger thar
another for the battle Of life. They
are all equal and must remain o.
90 far % the law IL concerned. Ever
advantage. therefore, In Legislation
that one man possesses over snothe
TO help him In his business aud /,
make money Ia an undue advantage
unconstitutional and wholly wrong
To class legislation the people Of En-
rope owe their condition Of abject
mess, their condition OF subordinaiioI
and their condition OF slsvish degrade
ton. In proportion, As clssses hav,
been legislated for by the RepubliesI
party, In that proportion has panper
ism grown and increased In the man
uiseturins centes Of the Uoite,
States until now, aud within q perio,
Of twenty-six years, We have &C
cumulsted problems TO solve q
difficult a. those that coniron
the philanthropist and st.tisticisn Il
Brussels, Paris or Berlin. The Demo
Gratis Of the South want to prevent an
further increase OF this psuperism
They want 10 put an end to all form
Of unfairness, and they desire 10 ell.
, va,e the American mechanic TO Oh
, plane he occupied before protectiv
tariffs we're known, before millionAiI
aud livered Aankeys became Q
plentiful IS blackberries, and pauper
> we're multiplied every year by thor
sands.